Cosmopolitanism as a philosophical concept vulnerably lies “lost in translation” between academic jargons and the difficulties of practicing it in the everydayness of life. This thesis presents an analytical study of the ...

Gender emerges as a recurrent theme in debates about contesting merits of Indian Writing in English (IWE) and regional language literature (RLL) becoming a pivot that splits them along “progressive” versus “traditional”, ...

Understanding the cognitive mechanisms involved in altruistic decisions could enable us to better comprehend complex social interactions and also help us achieve a larger social gain. I sought to identify domain-generic ...

In the last decade and a half, increased consciousness around Ahmedabad, commercial capital of Gujarat and the region’s largest city, has centered on its projection as an important node in the network of global capital. ...